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Café culture rules Kolkata

25 Apr 2024

Social media, with the enormous support of refashioned lies, harmful half-truths, quasi-logic, rules our lives, but I miss the café culture. We all go to schools and colleges, but if...

Red coconut

28 Mar 2024

Electioneering is fun, always. And in India it is colourful too. The campaigns include politicians, actors, actresses, singers, cricketers, footballers and, of course, some seasoned opportunists. The huge mix...

Knitting hope

07 Mar 2024

The picture inspires. And rightly so. The lady — undeniably loving, deeply patriotic and heartwarmingly generous — is knitting hope. Her action more than underlines the unquestionable belief that no...

The winner commands

15 Feb 2024

If one consciously decides to live in a democracy, ply one’s trade in a democracy and die in a democracy, they should learn to value and subsequently embrace the significance...

Let’s spread warmth

25 Jan 2024

The quiet town of Ayodhya is really cold in winter, but this year it was different. Heartfelt warmth, capable of almost outsmarting mother’s love, intervened in unimaginable volumes to dramatically...

Lawmakers need to perform

23 Nov 2023

It’s election time in some Indian states. And I love elections. I really love them because electioneering is such an entertaining medley of huge promises, verbal assaults, tall claims,...

A good teacher matters

02 Nov 2023

Pouring rain, thunderbolts, blown-out hurricane-lamp, rickety boat, but we had no choice. We were warned about it by our elders before we had set out to cross the river to...

We all need listeners

12 Oct 2023

She was 65 and vibrant when she left what I grudgingly call the world. Why grudgingly? Because the drowning of migrants as we talk about keeping them away as if...

French ban on abaya disturbing

21 Sep 2023

As I understand Islam and its history, and I think I understand them right, the Prophet (PBUH) was a political liberal. Islam’s stated position on religion makes that abundantly clear....

It should have been off sight

31 Aug 2023

A famous soccer personality is in deep trouble after his kiss was declared offside. It was an innocent expression of joy, he insists. Landing on a set of bare lips...

Shaadaab Bakht

Shaadaab S. Bakht, who worked for famous Indian dailies The Telegraph, The Pioneer, The Sentinel and wrote political commentaries for Tehelka.com, is Gulf Today’s Executive Editor.

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